Sphalerite with Quartz after Fluorite
specimen number:
1653385
location:
Nenthead, Cumbria, England, UK
description:
A thin crystallized plate of quartz, these forming epimorphs or hollow casts after now gone cubic fluorite. Scattered richly across the top of this are lustrous black crystals of sphalerite averaging 0.5 cm in size. Siderite is present as well. Crystallized all around and in excellent condition.
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